Artists: Andy Warhol
It has been said that all roads lead to Warhol when it comes to exploiting the power of commodified culture. Warhol made an art out of commercializing his work, as well as using artifacts of commercialization in his art.
The museum tour at this site provides a brief overview of Warhol's impact in the many media in which he worked. Very useful and concise.
WWW Pop Art Index
(http://www.fi.muni.cz/~toms/PopArt/contents.html.iso-8859-1)
To find out more about Warhol, his contemporaries, and those who followed in his footsteps, check out this site.
Art People: Theo van Gogh
The relationship between Theo the art dealer and Vincent the artist highlights the extremes to which true believers will go to support artistic brilliance. The fact that these two were brothers adds another unique dimension to the relationship chronicled in their correspondence, which is available on-line at